Not really a continuation to the first book, its standalone book which is very hard to understand if you have read the first book. With the time travel and parallel world confusion thrown in there are flaws in the story. If the plot would have stuck to standard medieval fantasy would have been much better as this part of the book is really enjoyable. The characters are well developed and the life in clan well portrayed. At the end this book left many unanswered questions as it left out on the huge parts of the life of main characters living me bugged.